Person:William Thompson (269)

Will of William Thompson

From Wythe County, Virginia:

Source: Will Book 1-2, 1790-1822

Written: February 10, 1797

Recorded: December 11, 1798

Page 112

Will of William Thompson

Wife: Lidia Thompson

Sons: John, Archabal, Andrew, James, Alexander, William Thompson

Daughters: Jean Sloan, Nancy Ward, Rachel Thompson, Annie, Mary, Lidia Thompson

Executors: (sons) John, Archabald and Andrew Thompson and (son-in-law) James Sloan.

Witnesses: Sam'l Walker, John Peery, William Brooks, Samuel Ferguson

(Source: http://files.usgwarchives.org/va/wythe/wills/thompson254gwl.txt)

Information on William Thompson

http://www.cragun.com/brian/thompson/11-1.htm

Descendants of William Thompson of Tazewell

William Thompson was born in 1722 in County Down, Ireland, the son of William and Sarah (Evans) Thompson from Scotland. He emigrated along with his first wife, Jane Buchanan (b. 1732) to the Virginia area and settled in Tazewell county. He later married Lydia Graham (b. 1743). There were twelve children, the first three probably from the first marriage:

(Col.) John Thompson b. 27 Feb 1763 md. (1) Levicie Bowen md. (2) Mary Walker

(Major) Archibald Thompson b. 10 Jul 1764 md. Rebecca Peery Jane Thompson Nancy Thompson b. 4 Apr 1773 md. William T. Ward Andrew Thompson b. 1776/1781 md. Rebecca McCorkle (Lawyer) James Thompson b. ca. 1760 (1) Jean Doak (unmarried) (2) Sally Justice (unmarried)

Rachel Thompson b. 2 Oct 1779 md. James Robert Doak Annis Thompson b. ca. 1782 md. John Mitchell Lydia Thompson b. 1796 md. John Doak William (Roane Bille) Thompson b. 10 Apr 1785 md. Louisa Gillespie Alexander Thompson b. ca. 1793 md. Sarah Reader Mary (Polly) Thompson William first purchased 200 acres between the Rich and Clinch Mountains in 1792. That general area later became known as Thompson Valley. He later purchased 1300 acres of land along the Maiden Spring Fork of the Clinch river (present day Tazewell) in 1789. He was a commissioner of the Peace for Wythe County in 1790. He was Sheriff of Wythe in 1797, and deputized his sons James and Andrew.

That Andrew is not to be confused with our Andrew. That Andrew moved with his family to Union County Kentucky in 1811. His children were Poluxna Thompson, Sarafina Thompson, Mariah Thompson, Malvina Thompson, Andrew James McCorkle Thompson (b. 14 Feb 1816 in Union County, Kentucky), Rebecca Thompson, and Andrew Randolph Thompson.

William Thompson and his descendants have been extensively researched by Judy B. Anderson [Anderson, Virginia Connections]. Her book details over 8,000 descendants of William, and the allied Ward families. I have reviewed the book at length, and spoken to the author personally, but can find no connection to our Andrew and his descendants.

The only exception I know to this is the 24 Dec 1889 marriage of Thomas Benton Thompson (b. 16 May 1866, Tazewell) to Melissa Adeline Thompson (b. 4 Oct 1868, Bland). Thomas Benton was the son of James Benton and Floanna (Crabtree) Thompson. James Benton (b. 7 Sep 1837) was the son of George Washington and Mary "Polly" Shannon (Buchanan) Thompson. George W. (b. 7 Sep 1837) was the son of (Lawyer) James Thompson and Sally Justice. Melissa Adeline Thompson is found in the listing of descendants of Andrew in Appendix B of this book. (As you can see, I have an interest in both the William Thompson and Andrew Thompson line, since I am a great-grandchild of Thomas Benton and Melissa Adeline (Thompson) Thompson.)

The Thompsons who appear in the 1810 and 1820 Wythe censuses, but do not fit into Andrew's family, are possibly descendants of William.

Anderson cites a paperback about the Thompson Family (published by the Genealogical Research Institute in Arlington, Virginia) which states "that the Thompson name was common in Dumfriesshire and Roxburgshire, Scotland, and was then carried by the Scotch Presbyterians into Ireland, and that many of their descendants brought the name to America." She then cites Andrews who says that the Thompsons probably emigrated to Ireland in the early 1600's, remained for about 100 years, then migrated to America because of religious differences. This scenario fits our Andrew's situation as well, both in timing and apparent religious background. Hopefully research of other Thompsons will help extend Andrew's line back across the ocean.

(NOTE: last two children listed were with second wife, not Jane Buchanan)

http://www.anusha.com/pafg589.htm#16772

William THOMPSON [Parents] was born in 1722 in County Down, Ireland. He died on 9 Jul 1798 in Tazewell, Thompson Valley, Wythe, Va.. He was buried in Jul 1798 in Thompson Cemetery, Tazewell, Va. He married Jean BUCHANAN in 1761 in , Augusta, Va.

Jean BUCHANAN was born about 1732 in County Down, Ireland. She died about 1769 in Bath, Va.. She married William THOMPSON in 1761 in , Augusta, Va.

They had the following children:

  F i Jane THOMPSON was born about 1761 in , Tazewell, Va..  
  M ii John THOMPSON was born on 27 Feb 1764 in Thompson Valley, Augusta, Virginia. He died on 16 Jul 1850 in Thompson Valley, Tazewell, Va. He was buried in Jul 1850 in Thompson Valley, Tazewell, Va, Thompson Ce
  M iii Archibald THOMPSON was born on 10 Jul 1764 in Bath, Va.. He died on 4 Aug 1848 in Tazewell, Virginia. He was buried in Tazewell, Virginia.  
  F iv Jane THOMPSON was born on 14 Apr 1769. She died on 19 Oct 183
  F v Nancy THOMPSON was born on 4 Apr 1773 in Thompson Valley, Tazewell, Va.. She died on 3 Dec 1966.  
  M vi Andrew THOMPSON was born about 1776 in Thompson Valley, Tazewell, Va.. He died before 1848 in , Union, Kentucky